Quackery and Commerce in Seventeenth Century London. The proprietary medicine business of Anthony Daffy

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Author(s) Haycock, David B, & Patrick Wallis (eds)
Publication type Monograph
Year published 2005
Pages 216pp; illus
Publisher Wellcome Trust
Place Published London

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Name Guildhall Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode EC2P 2EJ
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Largely comprises a transcription of his account book [pp43-192] recording sales in 1670s and 1680s of 'Daffy's Elixir', his popular and long-lasting proprietary medicine, which is held in the National Archives in London; with an introductory chapter covering Daffy's life and, more extensively, his business based on detailed analysis of the book's content